IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mesita
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000CO023004
  • User Pedon ID: S2000CO023004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000CO023004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P1249
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12745
  • Print Date: 11/14/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 37.1668625
  • Std. Longitude: -105.5298309
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO023—Costilla
  • MLRA: 51—High Intermountain Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO023—Costilla County Area, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: HWH, MAR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Ustic Haplocalcids
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mesita
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mesita
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Ustic Hap
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/2000
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/16/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6675-116
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRO7

    BOGR2

    CHGR6

    SPCR

    Achnatherum robustum

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Chrysothamnus greenei

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    sleepygrass

    blue grama

    Greene's rabbitbrush

    sand dropseed

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—0

    0—0

    0—0

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; 7 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07283. ochric
    Ap2—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; 7 percent clay; weak thick, and very thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine discontinuous tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07284. cambic
    Ap2—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; 7 percent clay; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine discontinuous tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07285. cambic
    Bw1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam, loam; 15 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine discontinuous tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07286. cambic
    Bw2—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam, loam; 15 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07287. CCE: 9.0%; Calcic.
    Bk1—53 to 86 centimeters (20.9 to 33.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; sandy loam; 12 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine vesicular and discontinuous tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on sand and gravel; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07288. concentrations: CAM on rock frag. TOT, CAM 30 Threads SPO, CAM on rock frag. TOT; CCE: 13.5%; Calcic; % coarse gravels: 3.0%; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199116; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199116
    Bk2—86 to 132 centimeters (33.9 to 52.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine vesicular and discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on rock fragments; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07289. concentrations: finely disseminated 7.5YR 8/2; CCE: 17%; calcic; % coarse gravels: 3.0%; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199117; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199117
    Bk3—132 to 200 centimeters (52.0 to 78.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; clay loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 40 percent clay films on rock fragments; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P07290. concentrations: finely disseminated; CCE: 21% calcic; % coarse gravels: 11.5%; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199118; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199118